Headout Picks 1/8/14

PATTERSON HOOD[MUSIC] The lead Drive-By Trucker kicks
off a three-week Portland residency, playing songs from across his
career and supported by the Northwest’s own rambling troubadours,
including Willy Vlautin, Fernando Viciconte and Sera Cahoone. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12 advance, $14 day of show. 21+.

SATURDAY JAN. 11

OLD RUSSIAN NEW YEAR[ENDLESS PARTY] Not yet ready to let go
of all the holiday revelry? Lucky for you, Russia’s religious New Year
doesn’t take place until a few weeks into January. Rambunctious, folky
party-rock band Chervona has been throwing its Old New Year celebration
for seven years. It’s wild, sweaty and partially sung in Russian. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave, 248-4700. 9 pm. $20. 21+.

TALES OF BALLYCUMBER[THEATER] Corrib Theatre, a local company
specializing in Irish drama, begins its second season with a staged
reading of Sebastian Barry’s 2009 play. It’s a ghostly drama about a
bachelor farmer who gives a piece of advice to a teenage neighbor, only
to have things go terribly and tragically awry. Lumber Room, 419 NW 9th Ave., corribtheatre.org. 7:30 pm. $10.

ISHMAEL BEAH[BOOKS] In 2007, Ishmael Beah topped bestseller lists with his memoir A Long Way Gone, about child soldiers in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Now with his first novel, Radiance of Tomorrow, Beah returns to his home country to explore how two friends can rebuild a life in a war-torn village. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.

TUESDAY JAN. 14

TWIN TWIN PEAKS[MOVIES] Twentyish years after the abrupt
cancellation of David Lynch’s ’90s network-TV oddity, the show’s
hardcore devotees got together to film this continuation of the Twin Peaks mythos. Considering the predilections of most fan-fic, we’re guessing Special Agent Cooper has sex with a slice of cherry pie. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 9:30 pm. Free. 21+.